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UNN | ICT Strategy Programme
University of Nigeria Information
and Communication Technology
Strategy Programme
Goals and Objectives :
a. The provision of ICT infrastructure, including support and standards by raising the quantity of Internet Bandwidth to a level that makes the use of
Internet for research and communication comparable to what obtains in some of the best universities in the world.
b. The delivery of high quality and cost effective ICT services and training by making Internet accessible from the staff research desks, student workplaces and laboratories in the shortest possible time
c. The fostering of innovation, best practice, and value for money in the use of ICT in teaching, learning and research across the University.
The UNN ICT Strategy Programme is aimed at “transforming near term economic participants (staff and students) into fully fledged members of the digital economy. They will be equipped with competencies, attitudes and information management skills that will reduce the learning curve as students enter the job market, facilitate
private enterprise both in the Information Technology sector and other sectors, and create the opportunity for the emergence of near term global outsourcing”.
Infrastructure Scope
• Ubiquitous Wireless Network and always on
• Campus‐wide Optical Fibre Cabling with redundancy for reliability
• Structured Cabling of all Academic and Administrative Buildings
• Data Centre and Network Operating Centre
• Operations Support Centre for the smooth running of the system
Programme Scope
The Scope of the UNN ICT Strategy programme includes providing, within 36 months, the following:
Internet Connectivity 1‐4Mbps per 1000 students and staff. Minimum requirement is 50‐
250Mbps. Terrestrial bandwidth is preferred.
University Network A comprehensive, ubiquitous, always on wired and wireless network that covers the entire geography of the four campuses of
the university. A hybrid implementation of a Fibre Optic backhaul, an extensive structured cabling to all major buildings for teaching, laboratory work, administration, student, staff residences and WiFi
for the last metre.
Central Storage A storage area network of at least 10‐400 TB (Terabytes) on which students and faculty can store data.
Infrastructure and Application Servers Infrastructure servers to provide management, security, identification, logging and network optimization services.
A Data Centre will be built to house them ‐ including power, network and management infrastructure.
Power Supply Dedicated Power supply preferably from renewable power source such as Solar, Wind or Hydro.
Virtual Super Computing Virtual Super Computing facility that can be used for computer intensive research.
Pedagogy and Administration
Open source software would be sourced for the following areas:
• Architectural and Engineering design and Analysis
• Student Life Cycle Management
• Biological and life Science research and analysis software
• Document Management Systems, E‐Business and workflow
• Library information Systems
• E‐learning, Content and Knowledge Management
• Enterprise Resource Planning. Human Resources
Student and Staff
Computing Encourage each staff and student to have a computer (preferably a mobile computer) of a minimum configuration of 2GB RAM, 250 GB HDD with very good processing power and Internet‐ready
Integrated Local
Intercom/Voice Service In location selected by the University, provision of a packet based voice service (VoIP).
Call Centre A call centre to manage communication between teams and users. The call centre will be equipped with the latest state‐of‐the‐art
communications facilities.
Hardware Repair
Centre A hardware repair centre for Laptops, Net books and PCs
Laptop Charging Bays Locations for recharging laptops for staff and students
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